How Important is Freshman Year in the College Admissions Process?

Applying to College
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<p>So I just ended my freshman year, and I didn't do as well as I was hoping, I received a 3.4 for both semesters. To point out though, I go to a top 100 high school, and the highest ranked high school in my state, its a fairly tough school. I am looking to either go to Standford or University of Michigan, if not either of those then IU. I was curious to know how important freshman year is in the College Admissions process. Besides grades i was involved in many clubs, and had about 40 volunteer hours, and was on the tennis team. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>-Junoon-</p>

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<p>its not as important as the other years (sophomore and junior). Oh and its Stanford by the way, not Standford</p>

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<p>its gonna hurt ur overall gpa, but u can still pick it up later. but yea soph and junior year is much more important. some schools, i think including stanford, ignore fresh year.</p>

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<p>Check out Carnegie Mellon since it too does not consider freshman year GPA.</p>

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<p>You aspire to get into Stanford… oh such hope I used to have. Yes 3.4 is going to damage your GPA badly because you are going to be competing against students who will never get a single B and even most of these students will not be accepted. To offset this I think you should take as many APs you can and get straight A’s.</p>

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<p>yes it will hurt your chances. but if you pick things up in soph and junior years then you can get them right back.</p>

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<p>Yeah my fault typo there i knew it was Stanford. Thanks for all the feedback. I am planning to take a few AP courses, two next year as a sophmore, AP lit and history. As a junior and senior, I will be taking IB, which is said to be much more recognized then AP. Will this better my chances of being accepted into Stanford?</p>

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Meh, debatable and largely debatable.</p>

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<p>most universities would say AP = IB
unless you only take like 1 AP class</p>

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<p>Another question I have is that my high school ranks in the top 100 in the U.S., does this in anyway help me with admissions, will colleges assume my high school is more rigorous?</p>

<p>-Junoon-</p>